Founder, Director & Head Chef

Dario’s earliest childhood memories are of cooking. Growing up in the Northern Italian town of Omegna, Dario knew by the age of eight that he wanted to be a chef - shortly after began his internship at two Michelin star restaurant, ‘Villa Crespi,’ which became the catalyst to his noteworthy career to-date. From here, Dario continued to chase excellence & landed roles at ‘La Contrada’ by Gordon Ramsay, two Michelin starred ‘Met Restaurant’ by Corrado Fasolato, and ‘Apsley’s’ by Heinz Beck.

Dario travelled to Australia in 2013 and found a home on Sydney’s northern beaches, joining Giovanni Pilu’s two hatted restaurant ‘Pilu at Freshwater.’ The following four years saw him collect many accolades including Australia’s Best Young Chef of the Year (Cira edition), semi- finalist for San Pellegrino’s Best Young Chef in the World, and the award for Best Pasta in Australia (and Top 10 in the World) at the Barilla Pasta World Championship.

Dario moved to Brisbane in 2019 to head ‘Motorwagen’ Restaurant, followed by ‘ZaZaTa’ which saw him achieve Brisbane’s Best New Restaurant Opening of 2021 & an inclusion in Queensland’s Top 50 Restaurants. Later in this same year, he joined the Rosmarino Group overseeing popular Italian venue ‘Rosmarino’ & its sister bistro ‘Etna.’ Under Dario’s culinary guidance as Executive Chef, ‘Rosmarino’ was awarded in the Top 20 Best Brisbane Venues within one month of opening. After four years in this role, Dario decided it was finally time to open his first restaurant & turn a young boy’s dream into reality - and so, ATTIMI was born.